Rev. Dr. Garner has been Senior Pastor of United Church of Christ in Norwell, Massachusetts since 2000. He is a 1997 graduate of Boston University School of Theology where he majored in theology and drama. Chapin graduated with his Doctor of Ministry from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in 2006. From 1997 to 2000 he served as Associate Pastor of the Wellesley Congregational Church, where he worked primarily in youth ministry.

Chapin founded and leads the Christ Clarion Fellowship, a national gathering of young clergy that has been supported by the Louisville Institute. Chapin is a Director of LiberalEvangelical.org, and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Alban Institute in Washington D.C. Chapin serves as a resident preacher at the Church at Point O’Woods on Fire Island in New York during the summer.

Our Faculty

STH faculty are experts in a wide range of fields and represent diverse backgrounds in the church, the academy, faith-based non-profits, and other areas of religious leadership. Our faculty is among the most published and cited of all theology faculties in the country.